The Trump administration has said it is freezing child care funds to all states until they provide more verification about the programs in a move fueled by a series of fraud schemes at Minnesota day care centers run by Somali residents.
All 50 states will be impacted by the review, but the Republican administration is focusing most of its ire on the blue state of Minnesota and is calling for an audit of some of its centers.
Minnesota Democratic Attorney General Keith Ellison said in a statement Wednesday that he was “exploring all our legal options to ensure that critical childcare services do not get abruptly slashed based on pretext and grandstanding.”
It is unclear how much more robust the verification process for states will be than it already has been.
Damn… I guess DOGE missed a few spots here and there…
Tell you what: how about stopping all federal funding for everything across all states because Kathy at the front desk stole a pen?
Those “fraud schemes run by Somali residents” is from the word of a conservative influencer. These aren’t facts.
Well, at least they’re not eating the dogs…